Early Music presents War and Peace

Chan Shun Concert Hall at the Chan Centre for the Performing ArtsVancouver

Designed by Peter Phillips to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War in 1918, a complete Mass provides the framework, put together from war-like sources. These come either from the tradition of the Armed Man (L'homme armé), or are based on a chanson actually describing a battle (La batalla). The peaceful element of the programme is provided by two movements from Victoria's 6-voice Requiem Mass and partly by some deeply moving funeral motets: Tavener's work was sung at the funeral of Princess Diana; Mouton's at the funeral of Anne of Brittany; and Lobo's at the funeral of Philip II of Spain. In Arvo Pärt's beautiful The Woman with the Alabaster Box, Christ refers to his own burial.